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Editor’s Note: The future prices of benchmark tracking ETFs were updated in the story.
U.S. stock futures rose on Monday following Friday’s sell-off. Futures of major benchmark indices were higher.
Magnificent 7 stocks surged in premarket following President Donald Trump‘s de-escalation on Sunday, saying, "Don’t worry about China, it will all be fine," adding that the "Highly respected President Xi just had a bad moment."
Asian markets tumbled in trade on Monday, with major Chinese technology and auto stocks falling sharply in trade in Hong Kong.
The 10-year Treasury bond yielded 4.03% and the two-year bond was at 3.50%. The CME Group's FedWatch tool‘s projections show markets pricing a 96.2% likelihood of the Federal Reserve cutting the current interest rates in its October meeting.
| Futures | Change (+/-) |
| Dow Jones | 0.96% |
| S&P 500 | 1.33% |
| Nasdaq 100 | 1.84% |
| Russell 2000 | 1.61% |
The SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE:SPY) and Invesco QQQ Trust ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ), which track the S&P 500 index and Nasdaq 100 index, respectively, rose in premarket on Monday. The SPY was up 1.14% at $660.47, while the QQQ advanced 1.71% to $599.59, according to Benzinga Pro data.
With information technology, consumer discretionary, and energy stocks posting the biggest losses, most sectors on the S&P 500 closed Friday on a negative note. However, consumer staples stocks managed to buck the broader market trend, ending the session with gains.
| Index | Performance (+/-) | Value |
| Nasdaq Composite | -3.56% | 22,204.43 |
| S&P 500 | -2.71% | 6,552.51 |
| Dow Jones | -1.90% | 45,479.60 |
| Russell 2000 | -3.01% | 2,394.60 |
Crescat Capital warned that “speculative complacency” has pushed top technology stock valuations significantly past the 2000 dot-com bubble. The firm advocates for a “great rotation” from overvalued AI stocks into assets like gold miners.
Kevin C. Smith, Crescat’s Chief Investment Officer’s analyzed that the enterprise value of the top 10 U.S. mega-caps is 76.8% of GDP, 270% higher than the 28.4% peak during the internet bubble. Chief Investment Officer Kevin C. Smith stated that investing in tech-dominated index funds now “assumes that gravity no longer applies."
Meanwhile, Economist Justin Wolfers issued a stark warning, arguing that the U.S. is effectively operating as "two economies" where a massive artificial Intelligence boom is concealing significant weakness in all other sectors.
"If you took that out of the numbers and you just looked at the non-AI parts of the economy, it's basically flatlining." In a social media post sharing the clip, Wolfers credited the insight to fellow economists Natasha Sarin and Jason Furman.
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Crude oil futures were trading higher in the early New York session by 1.94% to hover around $60.04 per barrel.
Gold Spot US Dollar rose 1.32% to hover around $4,071.30 per ounce. Its last record high stood at $4,079.81 per ounce. The U.S. Dollar Index spot was 0.14% higher at the 99.1160 level.
Meanwhile, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) was trading 3.03% higher at $115,212.40 per coin.
Asian markets closed lower on Monday as South Korea's Kospi, India’s NIFTY 50, Hong Kong's Hang Seng, China’s CSI 300, Australia's ASX 200, and Japan's Nikkei 225 fell. European markets were higher in early trade.
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